Several months ago, the American Gaming Association (AGA) seemed to be one of the biggest proponents of online poker in the United States. However, back in May the powerful lobbying group chose to pull their support from US online poker, claiming that they had “no position” on the issue. The given reason was that they couldn’t get everybody on the same page regarding iGaming.

It’s definitely good that US online poker regulation is finally happening – after all, this means mainstream advertising and more publicity for the game. Unfortunately, things are slow moving right now because Delaware, New Jersey and Nevada are the only states offering iGaming – about 4% of the US population. But if a recent Morgan […]

US Online poker is off to a slow start, falling well short of projections in Delaware, New Jersey and Nevada so far. Of course, one might merely consider these three states to be appetizers in what could become a much larger and more lucrative market – especially if California enters the picture. Home to 38 […]

Over the past few years, a number of US casinos have closed their poker rooms, including M Resorts, Palms Casino, Circus Circus and Atlantic City’s Revel. It’s certainly not hard to see why either because many land-based poker rooms aren’t making any profits. Since 2007, when poker was at its peak in America, annual poker […]

Many proponents of US online poker are witnessing a sharp decline across the industry already. April’s numbers showed the following drops in America’s three regulated poker markets: Delaware – $84,392 in March to $74,078 in April, a 12.2% decrease New Jersey – $3,210,663 to $2,591,839, a 19.3% decrease Nevada – $926,000 to $792,000, a 14.5% […]

Party Borgata network announces NJOPC Still proving to be a leader in the early days of US online poker regulation, the Party Borgata network have announced the New Jersey Online Poker Championship (NJOPC). Featuring 10 tournaments from April 19th – 27th, the NJOPC will offer $500,000 in guaranteed money. And the highlight is the $200,000 […]

A few weeks ago, 2005 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Hachem sparked a lot of discussion about what direction poker is headed. According to Hachem, “poker is dying” because Main Event champs and famous young pros aren’t doing enough to keep recreational players interested. Furthermore, tables are filling up with bumhunters who kill other players’ […]

You certainly can’t accuse PokerStars of not having perseverance. After a year in which their online gaming applications were rejected in both New Jersey and Nevada, PokerStars are still committed to the US online poker market. In fact, they are very “confident” that they’ll make some major progress in the United States in 2014. Eric […]